So, if a 1-3 months single visit visa gets issued on February 2015 then will the visa expire on May 2015 ?

Q4a. Where to go to have the medical checkup to apply for visa ? Do you recommend any doctors/organizations where the medical checkup would be respected and low in cost and quicker to give the results ?

Q4b. How much will the medical checkup cost ?

Q4c. How long is the medical checkup valid after the checkup and within how many days must the applicant be in Saudi Arabia after the checkup ?

Q5a. If applicant wants to visit Saudi Arabia on April 2015 for 1 month for single visit in 2015, then what is your advice on which visa and when he should apply for it ?

Q5b. If applicant wants to visit Saudi Arabia on April 2015 for 1 month for multiple visits in 2015, then what is your advice on which visa and when he should apply for it ?

1. The turn-over rate is very high for new Westerners. I think the reason for this is the administration does not provide the appropriate classroom support. Instead, the climate at the school is one in which some administrators are critical of teachers. In fact, the Director, Dr. Afaf El-Gemayel said in a meeting with new staff members, If you look hard enough, all student problems are the teachers fault. As a result of this attitude, the probability of surviving for very long at this school is low. Given the low probability of surviving at this school, it is not worth the financial, emotional, and time investment to go here.

2. The administration is constantly popping into classrooms to observe teachers. In some cases, they will go into a teachers classroom five or more days straight . . . And, then they will still come back to do more observations at-will. It is very uncomfortable and nerve-racking for the teachers who are being watched. The administration says that they are doing it to help the teachers, but it feels more like they are doing it to push them out of the school. It seems barbaric.

3. On a regular basis, the school docks peoples pay. As a Westerner, this was abhorrent to methe idea that you could work a day and then lose that days pay based on the judgment call of an administrator. (My belief is that if someone has done something egregious enough, suspend them without pay. But to have people work and not pay them seems too self serving.)

4. The school does not live up to financial commitments. You may or may not receive money owed you. Just because an administrator says in an e-mail that she will reimburse you for expenses, does not mean that she will. Also, I heard stories about how this school refused to pay summer salaries and indemnity pay owed to some teachers.

5. The housing the school provided smelled. I think it was a combination of cigarette smoke and feces (no joke) from poor plumbing. When I returned to the West, I had to wash all of my clothes because they smelled.

6. During the interview process, Dr. El-Gemayel said that the school had all the necessary classroom resources. The classroom decorations that were supplied to a colleague of mine were old and dirty, and several important resources were not available for the start of school.

7. Even though the school is not licensed to teach special education students, the school has numerous low-level classes called Special English. Guess what the Special stands for? These classes have many students that should be evaluated for special education services. It appears to me that the administration does not want these students evaluated because if the results determined that these students needed special education services, then the students would have to leave the school, and the school would stand to lose a lot of tuition money. So, when teachers have trouble managing and teaching these students, the administration acts like the problem is with the teacher rather than acknowledging these students need services beyond the scope of a regular educational classroom.

Although I recommend staying away from this school, if you are even considering working there, make sure that you get the following before making a final decision:

1. A copy of the contract.

2. A copy of the staff manual. If its the same staff manual that I received, youll find a list of things teachers should not do and the consequencesincluding the number of days pay that will be lost.

3. Your assignment and schedule in writing. (There were teachers who were told that they would be doing one thing, and when they arrived they were told that they would be doing something else.)

When you request these reasonable things, consider how the administration responds. Do they freely offer them to you with a smile, or do they come up with excuses not to provide them? If they dont provide them, beware!

If you make the mistake of accepting an offer from this school, then make sure you receive copies of your Initial and Final Approval Letters. (These approvals are sent to the school from the Kuwait Ministry of Education.) Also, once you receive copies of these items, contact that Kuwait Ministry of Education to make sure an original copy of your contract, as well as Initial and Final Approval Letters are on file. PLEASE DO THIS BEFORE YOU EVEN BOARD THE PLANE TO KUWAIT! I sought the assistance of the Ministry of Education when I was experiencing difficulty with the school administration. A ministry representative informed me that she couldnt help me unless she had my original contract and approval letters on file (which she didnt). Fortunately, the ministry representative was kind enough to refer me to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor. (This ministry was a big help.) Unfortunately, I think the school administration purposely delays giving teachers these items so they wont be able to seek assistance from the Ministry of Education when theyre being mistreated.]]>Can i apply for a Schengen visa from Doha (Qatar) if i am on a business visa and hold an Indian passhttp://forum.wordtravels.com/discussion/13918/can-i-apply-for-a-schengen-visa-from-doha-qatar-if-i-am-on-a-business-visa-and-hold-an-indian-pass
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Wed, 30 Jul 2014 18:12:04 +0000- Other M Eastjtigina13658@/discussionsComplain on Mosa Saleah Al-Zalabeih (Wadi Rum, Jordan)

It is a very sad story that took place with me in Wadi Rum. It is unbelievable that such a thing can still happen in the 21st century.On January 1, 2014 I crossed the Israeli border with the only wish to spend a couple of days in a magnificent desert of Wadi Rum. At 1 pm Mosa Saleah Al-Zalabeih, - the owner of Wadi Rum Galaxy Camp, - to whom I came to work as a volunteer, came to pick me up. He was not just cute on that day. He was incredibly handsome. I fell in love with him from the very first moment. He seemed to feel the same. He was smiling and looked happy. On the way to Wadi Rum, I was feeling how this beautiful desert was putting magic on me. Everything was so familiar, as though I had been living there before. I was more than sure that it would be the right place to create a family and to stay for life.After 4 months (on May 13, 2014) I came back to Wadi Rum and we got married.The first weeks that I spent with his mother were not really happy. The family was very poor and lived in terrible conditions. No kitchen, no shower, no bed linen, - nothing. Children slept on the sand and very often there was no food at all. When the school year got over and all the crowd left to the desert, I was left alone. Mosa locked me in a small dirty room which I shared with mice. He didn't allow me to speak with anyone and controlled all my steps. I was kept like a slave in a jail. Very often he forgot about me and I had to stay hungry, without food and any means of communication. Through lie, sweet words and sometimes pressure my husband managed to take all my money. He scammed absolutely everything I had. When there was nothing else to take, he decided to throw me away like a trash. He never treated me like a wife. He didn't spend a JD on me. No house, no food, nothing. All the family knew that there was something wrong, but did noting. No one came to visit me or to ask whether I need anything. It seemed that Mosa waited for my death from starving. Then he would bury the body and sign with relief.When Mosa decided to get rid of me, I managed to survive only thanks to the family, who found me. They brought me to their home, gave food and clothing. During 2 weeks the family took care of me. Thanks to them I went to the Tourist Police, wrote a complain on my husband and returned all the money. I had to put him into the jail, but under the pressure of the family I agreed not to do it. I was very sick and tired. The only wish I had was to return the money and to go back to my home.Wadi Rum is the worst place you can choose to come. People lie here and treat foreigners very badly. The last time scamming is growing so rapidly in this region. In the police I was told that my case unfortunately was not the first one in Wadi Rum.My husband treated me so badly. He lied to me from the very first day I know him. He made me leave my job and country. He made me take Islam. He organized a fake wedding in the village to make me believe that I will stay for life with him. After he scammed me for 4100 JD, I was needed no more. He threw me away like a trash. Only thanks to my complain that I wrote in the Tourist Police, I managed to return all the money and finally to come back to my country. Sorry to say, but Wadi Rum, like Petra, has become a platform for scamming. People forgot their real values. Traditions and religion are dying here. Money has taken their place.

my boyfriend has been offered a lucrative job in Jordan that will require us moving. I was concerned as an American woman about a few things and have started researching customs/societal norms. I am concerned about a boyfriend and girlfriend living together in the same house, same bed. I know some countries do not allow unmarried couples to do this. I was also concerned about if I need to go out alone, can a lone female go any where with out a male chaperone? I have read quite a few sites and all seem to suggest their experiences revolve around a group, vacations, or traveling with a guide. What will day to day experiences be like?

I have already visited sites as jordanjubilee, journeywoman, tripadvisor, and lonelyplanet.

Thank you for all advice

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i am an Indian working in saudi arabia as an Technician and want to visit Palestine how is it possible for me to visit Palestine .